TD196: Teamster Battles Continue, EPA Vs. Truckers, Truck Stop News, Female Trucker Survey, Lots Of Truck Safety Topics, & More

In today’s long-overdue show, we’ve got stories on Teamster fights with Sysco and Yellow, FedEx is heading into a massive reorganization, lots of truck stop news, what’s going on with truck safety; including crash rates for new carriers, new out-of-service criteria, driver-facing cameras, drug testing, E-log violation detection, automatic emergency braking legislation pending, and the safest state for truckers (this one might surprise you). We’ll also talk about trucking’s ongoing battle against environmental standards, how female truckers feel about their job, and much more.

In the listener feedback segment, you weigh in on tire recycling, checking your brake lights, and we’ll have some follow-up on whether day cab drivers can utilize the split sleeper berth rule without having a sleeper berth.

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News Links:

Teamsters vs. Yellow, a fight neither can afford from LandLine.media

Sysco Louisville Teamsters strike ends, 1st deal signed; Indianapolis over also from FreightWaves.com

Yellow, Teamsters to hash out operational changes by reopening NMFA early from FreightWaves.com

FedEx says air network restructuring to save $700M annually from FreightWaves.com

FedEx to combine all but LTL into 1 organization from FreightWaves.com

Pilot announces new CEO, CFO, as Berkshire Hathaway takes majority ownership from CDLLife.com

Love’s to invest $1 billion upgrading locations from TheTrucker.com

Love’s Travel Stops buys EZ GO locations from TheTrucker.com

New TA truck stop opens in Oklahoma from CDLLife.com

Distracted driving in Ohio now primary offense from LandLine.media

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